Fuchsia excorticata (J. R. & G. Forst.) L. f.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Fuchsia excorticata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fuchsia/fuchsia-excorticata/). Accessed 2024-03-27.

Genus

Synonyms

  • Skitnnera excorticata J. R. & G. Forst.

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
acute
Sharply pointed.
alternate
Attached singly along the axis not in pairs or whorls.
calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
midrib
midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Fuchsia excorticata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/fuchsia/fuchsia-excorticata/). Accessed 2024-03-27.

A deciduous shrub or small tree up to 40 ft high in the wild, the trunk 6 to 18 in. in diameter, with a thin, loose, peeling bark; young shoots glabrous. Leaves alternate, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oval, tapered or rounded at the base, pointed, slightly or not at all toothed, 112 to 4 in. long, 12 to 112 in. wide, dark green and glabrous above, very pale or whitish beneath and downy along the midrib; stalk 13 to 1 in. long. Flowers of the ordinary fuchsia shape, pendulous, solitary in the leaf-axils, 34 to 114 in. long. Calyx-tube swollen at the base, then, after forming a neck, developing a funnel-shaped tube, finally dividing into four spreading wide-lanceolate, acute lobes 13 in. long, the colour greenish, greenish-purple, or dull red. Petals four, small, showing their pointed purplish tips between the lobes of the calyx. Stamens eight, very variable in length. Fruits 12 in. long, purplish black, juicy.

Native of New Zealand; introduced about 1820. It is very distinct among fuchsias by reason of its alternate leaves and by the globular swelling at the base of the calyx-tube. It cannot be compared with the S. American species in beauty of blossom, but it is interesting in its peeling bark. It grows to a large size in the milder parts of the country.


F colensoi Hook. f

A very variable species, allied to the preceding. It is usually a low rambling shrub with long straggling procumbent branches. Leaves very variable in shape and size but usually much smaller than in F. excorticata and more or less ovate. Flowers very like those of F. excorticata.